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The Secret History of The Rape Kit

Pagan Kennedy, author of Inventology, the 2016 book on inventions that bring about social change, and the people behind them, became fascinated by what she describes as a “a piece of technology designed to hold men accountable for brutalizing women.” So, who invented the standardized rape kit? Newspaper...

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I am a graduate of the Science Journalism program at Boston University.

I chase stories on all topics of interest. I go where the reporting takes me. This website is a digital portfolio of my articles and essays. I also translate short stories from Tamil, which is my first language or mother tongue.

FOOD & TRAVEL

Martyr’s Corner by RKN

An RKN story which was part of the English syllabus in my BSc days. Just being in a textbook took away all the sheen from this brilliant story. So here it is in full glory -- after decades. A fine example of a master's work....

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SCIENCE & TECH

Elements of Marie Curie

When pressed to write a memoir, Marie Curie—two-time Nobel Prize winner and the only person to win for two different fields of science— said that her life could be summed up in three sentences: “I was born in Warsaw of a family of teachers. I...

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MISCELLANEOUS

The Athai who Turned into an Ayah

In a 1977 black-and-white film set in Madras, a rich widow sets out to work as the ayah of her grandson – a bit like Avvai Shanmugi, except there is no big disguise involved. The middle-aged woman trades her diamonds and silks for a maid’s...

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